Oil-container.



J. D UFF.

OIL CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1914.

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JOHN DUFF, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CONTAiNER.

Application filed August 10, 1914. Serial No. 856.059.

To all 'llllOIIL it may concern:

Be it known that I, JonN DUFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelph a, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Oil- Cont'ainers, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in oil containers or what are commonly called oil cans for use in applying a liquid lubricant to shaft hearings or other parts of machinery, and the invention has for its primary object a simple. durable and efficient construction of device of this characteig the parts of which are so arranged that the spout is hingedly connected to the body of the can, whereby it may be easily swung to one side, to an inoperative position, when it is necessary to fill the can or clean the same out, and as readily swung back to its operative position where it is held by a. spying latch, this construction and arrangement of parts providing that the filling opening of the can body, can he very readily and quickly exposed without the necessity of unscrewing the spout. as is commonly the case, the spout being permanently connected to the body, and all liability of its becoming lost thereby being precluded. while at the same time the necessity 'of laying the spout down to fill the can. so-that it is liable to roll into some of the machinery. or become clogged up, is

obviated. And the invention also aims to generally improve devices of this character, so as to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds. the invention consists in certain constrm-tions. arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understa uling of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and :u-eompanying drawing, in which.

l igure l is a sideclcvation of the device, the spoilt being shown swung to one side in dotted lines. and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation with the spout open.

(orrespmnling and like parts are referred to in the following description and desig- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A11 10, 1915 nated in all of the views of the accompany' ing drawing by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing. the numeral 1 designates the body of the oil can and 2 the spout thereof, In the present embodiment of the invention, the lower or base end of the spout is secured within -a collar 3, which is provided with an annular flange 4 to afford an increased bearing surface. The lower face of the collar 3 is provided with a depending marginal flange eoacting with the lower end portion of the spout 2 to afford a recess or socket, in which a packing or gasket 5 of soft rubber or other suit- 7, whereby the spout is hingedly connected to the body and may be swung to one side to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, or be swung upwardly to its relatively vertical and operative position with I the gasket fitting firmly down upon the annular flange 6;

In order to securely hold the spout in its operative position, a spring latch 10 is provided. This is secured at one end to the can body 1 by rivets or in any other Way, and extends upwardly along the side of the can body toward the flange 6, the relatively upper end of the latch being provided with a. hook 11, the extremity of which is beveled, as indicated at 12. To co-act with the latch, the collar 3 is formed at a point diametrically opposite the pintle extension. 7

witha tapered extension 13, the upper and lower facesof Which are beveled, as indicated at 14: and 15, respectively, whereby the relatively free or hooked end of the latch 10 does not have to be grasped and retracted in the operation of opening or closing the can body, but it is only necessary to grasp the spout with one hand and the body of the can with the other hand and swing the spout to one side to its vertical position, the beveled formation of the tapered extension a collar 3 to readily move 13 and of the extremity of the hook 1'1, permitting the tapered extension 13 of the into and out of engagement with the hook while at the same time, after the hook has once engaged the upper bevel 14: of the collar, the spout will be securely held in its operative position and all accidental movement thereofwill be prevented. It is to be noted that in the normal relation of the parts, with the spout in its operative position, the inner face of the hook 11 is held spaced from the adjoining edge of the tapered extension 13, so that when the parts wear, such wear will be coma filling opening, an annular upstanding flange defining said opening, an upstanding ear carried directly by the body at one side of the flange, an'upstandingresilient latch member carried directly by the body at one side of the annular flange and diametrically opposed to the ear, a spout provided adjacent its lower end with a collar adapted to overliethe annular flange of the body, said collar being provided with diametrically opposed extensions, 4 ing pivotally engaged with the ear, the opposite extremity being adapted to coact with the latch member for maintaining the spout in operative position, said collar being provided with a marginal flange coacting with the lower end'of the spout to afford an annular recess, and a gasket within said recess engageable with the flange defining the fill ing opening when the spout is adjusted to operative position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VVitnessesr MARTHA C. Soo'r'r, THOMAS H. MEASE.

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